Mexico v South Africa Tips
The reigning Gold Cup winners should justify their heavy favouritism with an opening day win. Mexico are unbeaten in eight and saw off Serbia 5-1 in a friendly last week. South Africa are winless in four, playing in very different conditions to what they're used to and struggled to convince many at AFCON earlier this year.
Quinones is averaging well over four shots per game across his last four caps. He had two shots on target against Belgium earlier this year and registered one in the Serbia demolition. Domestically, for Al-Qadsiah, he took on over four shots per game and averaged 1.94 shots on target per 90 in the Saudi Pro League.
South Korea v Czechia Tips
The Czechs are six games unbeaten, and showed great resilience in getting past the Republic of Ireland and Denmark in the play-offs. All play-off winners went into pot 4, it doesn't necessarily reflect where their quality lies compared to their opponents in Group A.
South Korea, like Heung-Min Son, are not at the levels they have been in previous tournaments. They lost out to Jordan at the last Asian Cup. They were hammered by Ivory Coast in March (4-0), and lost to Austria too (1-0) earlier this year, Czechia represent a similar challenge.
This bet has landed in Czechia's last five, and they saw 3.26 goals per game in qualifying. They can be very direct, which'll test South Korea's resolve against their physicality. South Korea saw 2.70 goals per game in qualifying, and the bet has landed in seven of their last 10 in a row. BTTS No has landed in their last eight in a row, but, if anything, that suggests that goals at both ends are due.
Schick averages just under a goal every two games for Czechia, and he had a shot on target in six of his eight qualifying appearances - scoring five times. He posted 1.58 shots on target per 90 in the Bundesliga for Bayer Leverkusen this term. He'll be on penalties as well, so this bet is very likely to land if they're awarded a spot kick.
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